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Planning on a new pup this winter? There are some challenges to consider
Winter might seem like the perfect time to pick up a new puppy. After all, what else do you have to do for a few months but train some obedience and wait out the spring

Steve McComas: Winter conditions set the stage for summer in Minnesota lakes
This year’s early winter conditions lend themselves to a 1930s hardboiled detective type of story.
The first snow came early in Minnesota this year, and I was as surprised as a turtle coming out

Remembering the first modern bighorn hunt in North Dakota 50 years later
State lawmakers passed Senate Bill 2210 a half-century ago, which opened the door for the first modern-day bighorn sheep hunting season in North Dakota.
The 12 once-in-a-lifetime licenses were issued by lottery and those

Wisconsin NRB handles sharptail, waterfowl, turkey and elk rules
The Dec. 10 Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) meeting was filled with approvals of several proposed wildlife rules and scope statements from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for sharp-tailed grouse, waterfowl, turkeys, and elk.<br

Commentary: TRCP looks back at 2025, ahead to 2026
In many ways, 2025 was a year defined by gridlock and uncertainty in Washington D.C. Partisan divides slowed much of Congress, budgets were tight, and long-term solutions often felt just out of reach.
Yet

State Roundup: When might a Wisconsin wolf hunting/trapping season take place if wolves are delisted?
Now that a federal wold delisting bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Dec. 18 the next big question just might be that of when will Wisconsin see its next wolf hunting and trapping

With a little luck … duck season 2025 would’ve been a great one
As usual, the 2025 Minnesota waterfowl-hunting season started as they all do, with great promise.
Then the truth became known. A summer of extreme rain had wreaked havoc on our prairie home. Typically, we

Tricks from days gone by still put pike on the ice
My father was an avid ice angler long before sonar, portable shelters, and high-powered gas augers.
He used cup augers and even chisel spuds to chop holes in the ice, and his rods consisted

Wisconsin Mixed Bag: Ethical Hunter Award nominations due Jan. 31
The DNR is accepting nominations for the 2025 Wisconsin Ethical Hunter Award, with the winner selected based on exceptional moral actions and character while in the field.